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Canon 600D Camcorder User Manual

1. 114 34 Registering Preferred Image Characteristics se You can select a base Picture Style such as Portrait or Landscape adjust its parameters as desired and register it under User Def 1 User Def 2 or User Def 3 You can create Picture Styles whose parameter settings such as sharpness and contrast are different You can also adjust the parameters of a Picture Style which has been registered to the camera with EOS Utility provided software p 302 amp Press the lt V 3 2 gt button Select User Def Select User Def then press the lt NFQ gt button The Detail set screen will appear Press lt 6 gt With Picture Style selected press lt GET gt hey ai Select the base Picture Style Press the lt AV gt key to select the base Picture Style then press lt gt To adjust the parameters of a Picture style which has been registered to the camera with EOS Utility provided software select the Picture Style here 115 2a Registering Preferred Image Characteristics rege Y Select a parameter Select a parameter such as Sharpness then press lt 6 gt 6 Set the parameter Press the lt gt key to adjust the parameter as desired then press lt GET gt For details see Customizing Image Characteristics on pages 112 114 Press the lt MENU gt button to register the modified Picture Style The Pi
2. Menu Function Settings pees r E a ar A AA AA A CESSES LA LALALA SOMES LEMON S A A A A A aA aR AR AR AR AR AR AR AR A AS LEM AS AS A EA A A AA LOG SUMS LEM A A A A A A A R ER AR AR AR AR AR AR A A AS AS AS AA AA A A A A T S 5184x3456 4608x3456 5184x2912 3456x3456 16 0 megapixels 18 0 megapixels 15 1 megapixels 11 9 megapixels 3456x2304 3072x2304 3456x1944 2304x2304 8 0 megapixels 7 0 megapixels 6 7 megapixels 5 3 megapixels 1728x1728 3 0 megapixels i i ixels 2992x1728 2304x1728 2592x1456 4 5 megapixels 4 0 megapixels 3 8 megapixels 1920x1280 1696x1280 1920x1080 1280x1280 2 5 megapixels 2 2 megapixels 2 1 megapixels 1 6 megapixels 720x480 640x480 720x400 480x480 350 000 pixels 310 000 pixels 290 000 pixels 230 000 pixels ESE oe OP Gece a ea eager ie Ae Sena a esa The image area displayed for asterisked image recording qualities is l s lt slightly larger than the recorded area Check the captured images on the gt Asterisked image recording qualities do not exactly match the set aspect _ LCD monitor when shooting Ifyou use a different camera to directly print images shot with this lt i camera in the 1 1 aspect ratio the images might not be correctly printed o Metering timer You can change how long the exposure setting is displayed AE lock time This option is not displayed in Basic Zone modes Metering t
3. Shooting Movies LLL LL About the Information Display Each time you press the lt INFQ gt button the information display will change Picture Style Movie shooting remaining time IRB Live mode Elapsed time AF Face detection Live AF point Quick mode mode Magnifying frame AME Quick mode i pmm Recording Movie shooting g movie mode White balance Auto Lighting poumeet Digital zoom Image recording magnification quality Battery check Movie recording size Exposure mode Video snapshot B AElock i Autoexposure eae ae aM Ei LED light Manual exposure See i Highlight tone priority SOUS aPeee i Rec level Manual Aperture m i Lm ISO speed Video snapshot Pogsible shots shooting duration Lm Exposure compensation amount When an Eye Fi card has been inserted in the camera the Eye Fi transmission status ven will be aaa Al e If there i is no card i in thec camera sihen movie e shooting remaining time wil s be displayed i in red A ee en movie shooting starts t then movie e shooting remaining ti time 2 will ee iS FE Notes for Both Autoexposure and Manual Exposure Shooting eA movie file is recorded each time you shoot 4 a movie T Eig The image s field of view is approx 99 Aek lt e The sound will be recorded by the camera s s built in monaural lt 25 microphone p 142 ee ee
4. 187 va Sensor ceo Opening the cara slot cover a Pa conan The surface of fthe i Image sensor i is s extremely delicate Clean the o S care ne alan a 5 re es power i is turned off the shutter v will olose and the shutter curtains c or reflex mirror might get damaged S alee lig ew Cane ag Never use canned air or gas to clean the sensor The bowing force can an if damage the sensor or the spray gas can freeze on the sensor i oo olf the battery level becomes low while you clean the sensor the e beeper wa will sound as a warning Stop cleaning the sensor ee ee on Jf a smudge that cannot be removed with a blower r remains shaving the 188 sensor cleaned bya Canon Service Center is recommended Wireless Flash Photography The camera built in flash can work as a master unit with Canon Speedlites having a wireless slave feature and wirelessly trigger the Speedlite s to fire Canceling the slave unit s auto power off To cancel the slave unit s auto power off press the camera s lt gt button If you are using manual flash firing press the slave unit s test firing PILOT button to cancel the auto power off Fil Be sure to also read the explanations about wireless flash photography in the Speedilite s instruction manual Using Wireless Flash Slave Unit Settings and Position Regarding your Speedlite slave unit refer to its instr
5. 153 ody Video ee Creating a Video Snapshot Album I gt Shoot the first video snapshot Press the lt p gt button to shoot The blue bars indicating the shooting duration will gradually decrease After the set shooting duration elapses the shooting stops automatically After the LCD monitor turns off and the access lamp stops blinking the confirmation screen will appear Shooting duration L Save as a video snapshot alburn Press the lt gt gt key to select p Save as album then press lt gt The movie clip will be saved as the video snapshot album s first video snapshot 5 Continue to shoot more video snapshots Repeat step 3 to shoot the next video snapshot Press the lt lt gt key to select mg Add to album then press lt 6 gt To create another video snapshot album select f Save as a new album 6 Quit the video snapshot shooting Set Video snapshot to Disable To return to normal movie shooting be sure to set Disable Press the lt MENU gt button to exit the menu and return to normal movie shooting 154 mney Video Dap On TTET TET a Options in Steps 4 and 5 The movie clip will be saved as the video ade Bh Save as album Step4 snapshot album s first video snapshot The video snapshot just recorded will be added au Enada to album etep a to the album recorded immediately before A new video snapsho
6. 182 B Setting the Flash LL NS aS aS aS aS aS aS aS aS aS aS aS aS w Clear flash settings With the Built in flash func setting or External flash func setting screen displayed press the lt INFO gt button to display the screen to clear the flash settings When you select OK the settings for the flash will be cleared Setting the External Speedlite Custom Functions The Custom Functions displayed under External flash C Fn setting will vary depending on the Speedlite model Display the Custom Function With the camera ready to shoot with an external Speedlite select External flash C Fn setting then press lt gt 2 Set the Custom Function Press the lt lt gt gt key to select the function number then set the function The procedure is the same as setting the camera s Custom Functions p 250 To clear all the Custom Function settings select Clear ext flash C Fn set in step 1 183 cr Automatic Sensor Cleaning Whenever you set the power switch to lt ON gt or lt OFF gt the Self Cleaning Sensor Unit operates to automatically shake off the dust on the front of the sensor Normally you need not pay attention to this operation However you can execute the sensor cleaning at anytime as well as disable it Cleaning the Sensor Now 4 Select Sensor cleaning o Under the tab select Sensor cleaning then press lt gt 3 Sel
7. Shutter Speed Display Tv Action Shots eS LM ee ee Lee sie lt Shooting Tips w To freeze the action or moving subject Use a fast shutter speed such as 1 4000 sec to 1 500 sec o To blur a running child or animal giving the impression of fast movement Use a medium shutter speed such as 1 250 sec to 1 30 sec Follow the moving subject through the viewfinder and press the shutter button to take the picture If you use a telephoto lens hold it steady to prevent camera shake How to blur a flowing river or water fountain Use a slow shutter speed of 1 30 sec or slower Use a tripod to prevent hand held camera shake Set the aperture so that the shutter speed display does not blink If you press the shutter button halfway and change the shutter speed while the aperture is displayed the aperture display will also change to maintain the same exposure amount of light reaching the image sensor If you exceed the adjustable aperture range the aperture display will blink to indicate that the standard exposure cannot be obtained If the exposure will be too dark the maximum aperture smallest number will blink If this happens turn the lt 3 gt dial to the left to set a slower shutter speed or increase the ISO speed If the exposure will be too bright the minimum aperture highest number will blink If this happens turn the lt 274 gt dial to the right to set a faster shutter speed or decrease the ISO
8. With the adjustment screen displayed press the lt lt gt gt key to adjust the brightness then press lt Ge gt When checking the exposure of an image set the LCD monitor brightness to 4 and prevent the ambient light from affecting the reviewed image 167 Handy Features 4 SIA A LA A OEE R BAIG A SAREE ER EOE LULU LULU LODE EEE TEE EE EE EESEESEE lr rrr CCC tM Creating and Selecting a Folder You can freely create and select the folder where the captured images are to be saved This is optional since a folder will be created automatically for saving captured images Create a Folder 4 Select Select folder Under the tab select Select folder then press lt gt x 2 Select Create folder Select Create folder then press lt GET gt 4 5 Create a new folder Select OK then press lt gt A new folder with a higher one up folder number is created Create tomer 10 168 Handy Features a Selecting a Folder Lowest file number With the folder selection screen Number of images displayed select a folder and press i lt gt in folder The folder where the captured images will be saved is selected Subsequent captured images will be recorded into the selected folder Folder name Highest file ee About Folders tees e na Taa a ie ee a a 7 AS with 1 OOCANON for oe the folder n name o starts with three
9. e For Wireless func select 79 then press lt fr gt Set the desired flash ratio and take the picture o Select q amp and set the flash ratio within 8 1 to 1 1 Setting a flash ratio to the right of 1 1 up to 1 8 is not possible Ifthe built in flash output is not enough set a higher ISO speed p 79 Custom Wireless Flash petiole spss sia es SEI o a E Fully automatic Shooting iia tas Multiple Speedlite slave units can be treated as one flash unit or separated into slave groups whose flash ratio can be set The basic settings are shown below By changing the Firing group setting you can shoot with various wireless flash setups with multiple Speediites Basic settings Flash mode E TTL I E TTL il meter Evaluative Wireless func 79 Channel Same as Slave units f All Using multiple slave Speediites as one flash unit Convenient when you need a large flash output All the slave Speedlites will fire at the same output and be controlled to obtain a standard exposure No matter what the slave ID is A B or C all the slave units will fire as one group Set Firing group to All then take the picture Ries ea Tash Sertinas 195 Custom Wireless Flash Shooting eye gy Feat KIR i UASA tp iy waste Sipe Sa PA a ESAL A S E SL OL E S S A EE Ie L EA BE A E AEA BEC SCS AES A A C E A AE S S S SS A E A E S E S A E A E AS Y a A B Multiple s
10. it twill witch automatically to Live mode during movie shooting Also in Live model the AF point i is displayed larger 1 than with other recording sizes a p Since the image is processed digitally when using the a zoom m the higher the zoom magnification the rougher iwi look 2 ae oft you use digital zoom noise and light spots may be more visible 3 Taking Video Snapshots You can easily create a short movie with the video snapshot function A video snapshot is a short movie clip lasting 2 sec 4 sec or 8 sec A collection of video snapshots is called a video snapshot album and can be saved to the card as a single movie file By changing the scene or angle in each video snapshot you can create dynamic short movies A video snapshot album can also be played together with background music p 156 213 Video Snapshot Album Concept Video snapshot 1 j snapshot x Video soap ial album Setting the Video Snapshot Shooting Duration In step 2 below you can select 2 sec movie for example and each video snapshot you shoot will be 2 sec long Select Video snapshot o Under the Oiam tab select Video snapshot gt Select the Video snapshot shooting duration Press the lt AV gt key to select the video snapshot shooting duration then press lt f gt Press the lt MENU gt button to exit the menu and return to movie shooting
11. set it toward the minus end The closer itis to k the redder the skin tone will look To make the skin tone less red set it toward the plus end The closer itis to EJ the more yellow the skin tone will look rine By selecting Default set i in aleb 3 you can i revert the respective EO Picture Style to its default parameter settings ae ie oe ze To shoot with the Picture Style you modified follow step 20 on ip age at o 113 Gi Monochrome Adjustment For Monochrome you can also set Filter effect and Toning effect in addition to Sharpness and Contrast explained on the preceding With a filter effect applied to a monochrome image you can make white clouds or green trees stand out more Normal black and white image with no filter effects The blue sky will look more natural and the white clouds will look Ye Yellow crisper Or Orange The blue sky will look slightly darker The sunset will look more brilliant The blue sky will look quite dark Fall leaves will look crisper and R Red brighter f Skin tones and lips will look fine Tree leaves will look crisper and G Green brighter El increasing the Contrast will make the fiter effect more pronaunasd 20 By applying a toning effect you can create a monochrome image in that color It can make the image look more impressive The following can be selected N None S Sepia B Blue P Purple or G Green
12. shooting However the gt 164 Handy Features Silencing the Beeper p 166 Card Reminder p 166 Setting the Image Review Time p 166 Setting the Auto Power off Time p 167 Adjusting the LCD Monitor Brightness p 167 Creating and Selecting a Folder p 168 File Numbering Methods p 170 Setting Copyright Information p 172 Auto Rotation of Vertical Images p 174 Checking Camera Settings p 175 Reverting the Camera to the Default Settings p 176 Turning the LCD Monitor Off On p 179 Changing the Shooting Settings Screen Color p 179 Setting the Flash p 180 Automatic Sensor Cleaning p 184 Appending Dust Delete Data p 185 Manual Sensor Cleaning p 187 Handy Features eee TEM Silencing the Beeper You can prevent the beeper from sounding when focus is achieved or during self timer operation Under the 6 tab select Beep then press lt gt Select Disable then press lt gt CEM Card Reminder This prevents shooting if there is no card in the camera Under the 6 tab select Release shutter without card then press lt 1 gt Select Disable then press lt GET gt If there is no card installed and you press the shutter button Card will be displayed in the viewfinder and you cannot release the shutter CEM Setting the Image Review Time You can set how long the image is displayed on the LCD monitor immediately after capture If Off is
13. 5 MB min od EE An it increase of thec camera S s internal temperature may cause movie as a z shooting to stop b before ther maximum TAEDA time shown i in n the table ian He above p 163 a ae aa a inne E i o The maximum recording time ofo one movie s olip i is 529 min 59s sec Deena on n the subject and thei increase in the camera s internal F With 2 ZoomBrowser EX ImageBrowser provided software p 302 youc can an extract stil photos from a movie The still image quality will be as TANS a Approx 214 megapixels a at 1920x1080 aud 920 900 pixels a ae i Using Movie Digital Zoom When the image size is set to 1920x1080 Full HD you can shoot with an approx 3x to 10x digital zoom Select 1920x1080 F o Under the Oias tab set Movie rec size to 1920x1080 he by turning the lt gt dial ei gt Set the digital zoom Press the lt gt gt key to select then press lt f gt Press the lt MENU gt button to exit the menu and return to movie shooting Use digital zoom While holding down the lt DISP gt button press the lt gt zoom in or lt EFQ gt zoom out button In step 2 you can cancel digital zoom by selecting OFF o usinga a tripodi is 5 recommended to prevent o camera a shake er nee lt a The image cannot be magnified for focusing ea oe oe Even if the AF mode has been set to Quick model
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15. AS AS AS A EA AA A A A A A A A A A A A R R ER AR AR AR AR LOS A AS AS AS AS AS E EA A A A A T l Remote control You can use the Remote Controller RC 6 sold separately p 261 to start and stop the movie shooting Set the release mode switch to lt 2 gt then press the transmit button If the switch is set to lt gt immediate shooting still photo shooting will take effect o Highlight tone priority If Enable is set highlight detail will be improved The dynamic range is expanded from the standard 18 gray to bright highlights The gradation between the grays and highlights becomes smoother The settable ISO speed range will be ISO 200 6400 The Auto Lighting Optimizer will also be set automatically to Disable and cannot be changed 159 Menu Function Settings psa ieee ISSA OSLER OS OS LESSEN GSO ALES LEMOS S A A A A A OMOEA LO OSES LES LOOSE LOCOS LEM EA A A LES LOG SCOALA LO OSCARS LOOSE MLO OSES AR A AS AS AS AS AS AA AA LOO SLOM LEM LOS COML SLE UU nnn ne Cie tab Level meter Normaily the built in microphone will record monaural sound Stereo sound recording is possible by connecting an external microphone equipped with a stereo mini plug 3 5mm dia to the camera s external microphone IN terminal p 18 When an external microphone is connected sound recording will switch automatically to the external microphone Sound rec options Auto Manual Disable 160 The sound reco
16. a higher aperture f number or decrease the ISO speed 97 Av Ve 4 Using the Built in Flash To obtain a correct flash exposure the flash output will be set automatically to match the set aperture autoflash exposure The shutter speed will be set automatically between 1 200 sec 30 sec to suit the scene s brightness In low light the main subject is exposed with the automatic flash and the background is exposed with a slow shutter speed set automatically Both the subject and background look properly exposed automatic slow speed flash sync If you are handhoiding the camera keep it steady to prevent camera shake Using a tripod is recommended if you do not want a slow shutter speed to be used set 3 Flash sync speed in Av mode to 1 1 200 1 60 sec auto or 2 1 200 sec fixed in Custom Functions C Fn p 252 Depth of Field Preview The aperture opening diaphragm changes only at the moment when the picture is taken Otherwise the aperture remains fully open Therefore when you look at the scene through the viewfinder or LCD monitor the depth of field will look narrow I oS When you press the depth of field preview button you can see the actual depth of field before you shoot i field preview button you can change th e aperture and see how the depth of Ms HEI CHANGES o nn anon EE a tree ee me cae E ee A en a 98 You can set both the shutter speed and aperture manuall
17. as using P es Bical Sree with the LCD Monitor Enabling Live View Shooting Set Live View shoot to Enable In Basic Zone modes Live View shoot will be displayed under 6 and in Creative Zone modes it will be displayed under G Battery Life with Live View Shooting Approx number of shots No Flash 50 Flash Use MOTT IOF The figures above are based on a fully charged Battery Pack LP E8 and CIPA Camera amp Imaging Products Association testing standards With a fully charged Battery Pack LP E8 continuous Live View shooting is possible as for approx 1 hr 30 min at 23 C 73 F d o During Live View shooting do not point the lens toward the s sun The SUN S heat can damage the camera s internal components Cautions fo tor eng ne View shooting a are on n pages 139 140 x When 1 flash i is s used there v wil be two shutter s sounds but only one s shot ceil be taken e a oe as If the camera is s not t operated for e a erotics period the p power will tm power off i is set to off the Live View function will terminate l automatically after 30 min camera power remains on vi ha With the AV cable provided or HDMI cable sold a you can display the Live View image on a TV p 218 221 aee m oo o the ee Monitor i Ss Seas oe ee BS RER E LATA Sue EGA EEE EE About the Information Displa
18. ie Stereo sound ona is Toe by nn an external Peas microphone commercially available equipped with a stereo mini ni plug h T E 5mm dia to the camera s external microphone IN terminal p B 1u Movie related settings are gt under ti the ao rl te f and d hee ae menu Sos tabs p 157 ee 7 oe S Witha fuly charged Battery F Pack LP E8 the total shooting t time will be Sn 2 20 min a irene Mara Oe maar Galea as age tea aie gr scame eagles Final Image Simulation The final image simulation reflects the effects of the Picture Style white balance etc in the movie image so you can see what the capiured movie will look like During movie shooting the movie image will automatically reflect the settings listed below Final image simulation for movie shooting Picture Style All parameters such as sharpness contrast color saturation and color tone will be reflected White balance Exposure Depth of field Auto Lighting Optimizer Peripheral illumination correction Highlight tone priority 147 OOS RN a g i Pee ee IRIS SSS SS SSS SSSR SSS SSIS SSAA SSSR ARERR ROS 5 SRR AR GRE CMEC CMU CR EA CMECASACMUA CARE ACA CARUS CARICA CMEC OMA CAUCE CMEC OA CAUCE CMEC OA 3 is SUSI STU STOO OOOO OU OU ORE While shooting a movie you can also take a still photo by pressing the shutter button completely Shooting Stills in the lt gt Mode If you take a still photo during movie s
19. not possible If you autofocus during movie shooting you might momentarily throw the focus way off or change the exposure The movie will also record the lens operation noise If the AF mode is set to Quick mode AF will be executed in Live mode Menu Function Settings pees r E a e AA AA OSCE LA A LALALA S LEM A A A A A A R A E A A B SOMES ESOS R ER AR AR AA AR AR AR A AS AS AS AS AA A E AAAA E E E A A A A A R ER AR AR AA AR AR AA AS AS AS A EE LC TS LOO LE e Shutter AE lock button You can change the function assigned to the shutter button s halfway position and to the AE lock button e AF AE lock Normal function Press the shutter button halfway to execute AF Press the lt gt button for AE lock e AE lock AF Press the shutter button halfway for AE lock For AF press the lt gt button Convenient when you want to focus and meter at different parts of the picture AF JAF lock no AE lock Press the shutter button halfway to execute AF While holding down the lt gt button press the shutter button to take a still photo without executing AF Convenient when you do not want to autofocus when taking a still photo during movie shooting AE lock is not possible AE AF no AE lock Press the shutter button halfway for metering For AF press the lt gt button AE lock is not possible 158 Menu Function Settings ApS a a A AA AA A ESLER GSES LES E A E E A A A A A R A R ER ER AR AN AR AR AR A AS
20. oe Sn oT there is a very bright light source in nthe picture ee as a he sun na bright area might appear black on the LCD monitor However the actual a captured i image will correctly show the bright area en BoE Ml tow fight if you set the P LCD brightness to a bright s sound aie s chrominance noise may appear in the Live View i image However the chrominance noise will not be recorded i in the captured i image ee When you magnify thei mage thei maga sharpness may OORT more oe 139 O1 Live View Shooting Cautions E E gt When you shoot ei with the ee View fae fore a slong period the camera s internal temperature may increase and it can _ degrade i mage guai T Terminate Live view w shooting y when not ct shooting images ne hee ae Before taking a longe exposure eee Live Mew Shading temporal a and in ooo wait several minutes before Aona This i is nto aaa Image ea degradation Hie aa SRS a e Live View haaa in high temperatures a and at thigh iso gt speeds n may o eause noise or irregular colors l ce When you shoot at high Iso speeds r noise e banding d dots of ight s etc gt a 1i may become noticeable oe a co f you take the picture during magnified y view the exposure ele not a come out as desired Return to the normal view before taking the peue a During the magnified view the shutter speed and ap
21. p 119 _ WB bracketing p 120 l Live View shooting p 123 Red eye reduction p 91 Auto rotate display p 174 n i Lm Beeper p 166 onsannnmnnen AUTO power off p 167 mmm BENGOL Cleaning p 184 175 The camera s shooting settings and menu settings can be reverted to the default This option is available in Creative Zone modes 4 Select Clear settings Under the tab select Clear settings then press lt Ge gt 2 Select Clear all camera settings Select Clear all camera settings then press lt 6 gt 3 Select OK Select OK then press lt gt Clear all camera settings Setting Clear all camera settings will reset the camera to the default settings on the next page FAQ Clearing all camera settings After the procedure above select Clear all Custom Func C Fn in Clear settings to clear all the Custom Function settings p 250 176 Handy Features ee gy egy LL Shooting Settings Evaluative metering Auto GB B anceled anceled anceled rased Continuous Camera Settings Brightness gt 10 images ae re 177 Handy Features ian nM Rn rn rrr i rn enn nn ne em rr Ree ee Live View Shooting Settings Movie Shooting Settings Auto AF AE lock to 920x1080 6 sec V Standard Canceled Auto 178 Handy Features ESRD AER Eras EO PORE SAN
22. s menu You can use the camera s menu to set the external Speedlite function settings only if the attached EX series Speedlite is compatible with this function The setting procedure is the same as setting a camera menu function Select Flash control o Under the 6 tab select Flash control then press lt 6 gt The flash control screen will appear Normally set this to Enable If Disable is set neither the built in flash nor the external Speedlite will fire This is useful when you only want to use the flash s AF assist beam e For normal flash exposures set this to Evaluative o Average is for advanced users As with an external Speedlite the metering area is averaged Flash exposure compensation may be necessary ae Even if Flash firing hee been set to Disable if focus i is 5 difficult to achieve cin low fant the built in flash may still fire a series of flashes AF assist coat Setting the Flash Le LOIS BURA A Built in flash func setting and External flash func setting With Built in flash func setting and External flash func setting you can set the functions listed in the table below The functions displayed under External flash func setting will vary depending on the Speedlite model o Select Built in flash func setting or External flash func setting The flash functions will be displayed The functions not dimmed ca
23. slower Under low light the shutter speed can be as long as 30 sec In such cases increase the ISO speed and hold the camera steady or use a tripod The depth of field depends not only on the aperture but also on the lens and on the subject distance Since wide angle lenses have a wide depth of field range of acceptable focus in front of and behind the point of focus you need not set a high aperture f number to obtain a sharp picture from the foreground to the background On the other hand a telephoto lens has a narrow depth of field And the closer the subject the narrower the depth of field A farther subject will have a wider depth of field Set the aperture so that the shutter speed display does not blink If you press the shutter button halfway and change the aperture while the shutter speed is displayed the shutter speed display will also change to maintain the same exposure amount of light reaching the image sensor If you exceed the adjustable shutter speed range the shutter speed display will blink to indicate that the standard exposure cannot be obtained If the picture will be too dark the 30 30 sec shutter speed display will blink If this happens turn the lt gt dial to the left to set a lower aperture f number or increase the ISO speed If the picture will be too bright the 4000 1 4000 sec shutter speed display will blink If this happens turn the lt gt dial to the right to set
24. subject then press the lt gt button The flash will fire a preflash and the required flash output is calculated and retained in memory In the viewfinder FEL is displayed for a moment and lt 4 gt will light ey Beene aoe Each time you press the lt gt button a oreflash is fired and the required flash output is calculated and retained in memory 4 Take the picture Compose the shot and press the shutter button completely y The flash is fired when the picture is taken Correcting the Brightness and Contrast Automatically if the image comes out dark or the contrast is low the brightness and contrast can be corrected automatically This feature is called Auto Lighting Optimizer The default setting is Standard With JPEG images the correction is done when the image is captured For RAW images it can be corrected with Digital Photo Professional provided software p 302 4 Select Auto Lighting Optimizer Under the 07 tab select Auto Lighting Optimizer then press lt SET gt 2 Select the setting Select the desired setting then press lt GED gt x 3 Take the picture The image will be recorded with the brightness and contrast corrected if necessary Without correction With correction O e Under 4i Custom Functions C Fn if 6 Highlight tone priority is is uo Be Depending o on 1 the shooting conditions nois
25. way Obtain the Dust Delete Data 4 Select Dust Delete Data Under the Cu tab select Dust Delete Data then press lt gt 2 Select OK Select OK and press lt i gt After the automatic self cleaning of the sensor is performed a message will appear Although there will be a shutter sound a picture is not taken Fully press the shutter button wien teary Sencar cleaning 185 oo Dust Delete Data ELLE LALLA ELL EL ELL ELL LLL ELLE EL LLL ELL LLL ELE T if 3 Photograph a solid white object Atadistance of 20 cm 30cm 0 7 ft 1 0 ft fill the viewfinder with a patternless solid white object and take a picture The picture will be taken in aperture priority AE mode at an aperture of f 22 Since the image will not be saved the data can still be obtained even if there is no card in the camera When the picture is taken the camera will start collecting the Dust Delete Data obiaines Data When the Dust Delete Data is obtained a message will appear Select OK and the menu will reappear If the data was not obtained successfully a message to that effect will appear Follow the Preparation procedure on the preceding page then select OK Take the picture again About the Dust Delete Data After the Dust Delete Data is obtained it is appended to all the JPEG and RAW images captured thereafter Before an important shoot you should upd
26. white balance Spot metering circle 117 WB Mabedui the eie Source PEs eae Select Custom White Balance Under the BF tab select Custom White Balance then press lt 6 gt v The custom white balance selection screen will appear import the white balance data Select the image that was captured in step 1 then press lt gt On the dialog screen which appears select OK and the data will be imported When the menu reappears press the lt MENU gt button to exit the menu i Select the custom white balance Press the lt A WB gt button Select 4 then press lt 6 gt P e N thie exposure obtained in n step 1 1i is s way off a correct white balance me might not be obtained lag igen en ee oe An image captured while the Picture Style w was s set to o Monechrame G ns 82 oran 1 nage processed w with a Creative fiter cannot be selected i m oo step lt 3 casing he Ye el oars a 3 cme i Instead oft a white abcd an 18 gray card d commercially a avail lable o can e produce a more accurate white balance ne oo 2e The personal white balance registered with EOS Utility one ss ao software p 302 will be registered under lt a gt if you do Step 3 the data WB Adjusting the Color Tone for the Light Source You can correct the white balance that has been set This adjustment will have the same ef
27. 53 rE The Metering t timer and Grid display settings wil also be reflected i in Live i esl Function Rogue Exposure compensation Although exposure compensation can be set up to 5 stops exposure compensation for movies is restricted only up to 3 stops For still photos exposure compensation may extend up to 5 stops Auto Lighting Optimizer The Auto Lighting Optimizer can be set as explained on page 109 It will be applied to both movie shooting and still photos taken during movie shooting Under the hes tab if P Highlight tone priority is set to Enable the Auto Lighting Optimizer will be set automatically to Disable and cannot be changed Custom White Balance As explained on page 117 the image for custom white balance can be selected w Picture Style The Picture Style can be set as explained on page 81 It will be applied to both movie shooting and still photos taken during movie shooting 162 Oy White lt H gt and Red lt B gt Internal Temperature Warning Icons oe if the camera s internal temperature increases due to prolonged movie lt shooting or a high ambient temperature a white lt H gt icon will appear Even if you shoot a movie while this icon is displayed the movie s image a quality will not be affected However if you shoot still photos the i image SEN of the still photos may deteriorate You should r pooma sur M a if this ha
28. AU ven oe Advanced Shooting ways to shoot creatively The first half of this chapter explains how to use the lt Tv gt lt Av gt lt M gt and lt A DEP gt modes on the Mode Dial All the functions explained in Chapter 3 can also be used in the lt Tv gt lt Av gt and lt M gt modes To see which functions can be used in each shooting mode see page 268 The x mark shown on the right of the page title indicates that the function is available only in Creative Zone modes p 22 About the Main Dial Pointer The pointer icon lt gt displayed together with the shutter speed aperture setting or exposure compensation amount indicates that you can turn the lt gt dial to adjust the respective setting Tv Action Shots oom You can either freeze the action or create motion blur with the lt Tv gt Shutter priority AE mode on the Mode Dial lt Tv gt stands for Time value Blurred motion Frozen action Slow shutter speed 1 30 sec Fast shutter speed 1 2000 sec Set the Mode Dial to lt Tv gt Set the desired shutter speed See Shooting Tips for advice on setting the shutter speed Turning the lt gt dial to the right sets a faster shutter speed and turning it to the left sets a slower one Take the picture When you focus and press the shutter button completely the picture will be taken at the selected shutter speed as
29. L eR the Built in Flash To obtain a correct flash exposure the flash output will be set automatically autoflash exposure to match the manually set aperture The flash sync speed can be set from 1 200 sec to 30 sec and bulb BULB Bulb Exposures A bulb exposure keeps the shutter open for as long as you hold down the shutter button It can be used to photograph fireworks etc In step 2 on the preceding page turn the lt 7 gt dial to the left to set lt BULB gt The elapsed exposure time will be displayed on the LCD monitor O During the bulb exposure do not point the tens toward thes sun The GaS a bulb exposures gt produce r more noise than usual thei image e might si look a little grainy ee ae ea os a oo YOu can reduce then noise due to jon exposures ae setting J Leng exp 5 ee reduction to an Atol or E Onli in the o 9E Custom Functions ee For bulb exposures using a ipod and Remote Switch Sold separately 7 a es ae 262 is recommended pee 5 a a oe its You can also use a remote 5 ankoler eae a p 261 for bulb ma exposures When you press the remote controller s transmit button the a bulb exposure will start eet or 2s sec later Press the button Taia z A DEP Automatic Depth of Field AE mcs Objects in the foreground and background will be in focus automatically All the AF points will function to detect the subj
30. S siai S Se eK ee i y Bet os DIDI D IDI P DPD P PLD D DDD L ODPL DD DEDEDE DEEDES is si ora is inte iia e ENEE iaai a SERET EUS SON ROS SUA A E A E es AISIA SVAREN i ERE Oa ot LEG ah eS EM Turning the LCD Monitor Off On The shooting settings display p 47 can be turned on or off by pressing the shutter button halfway Under the tab select LCD offfon btn then press lt gt The available settings are described below Select one then press lt gt Shutter btn When you press the shutter button halfway the display will turn off And when you let go of the shutter button the display will turn on Shutter DISP When you press the shutter button halfway the display will turn off And when you let go of the shutter button the display will remain off To turn on the display press the lt DISP gt button Remains on Display remains on even when you press the shutter button halfway To turn off display press the lt DISP gt button EM Changing the Shooting Settings Screen Color You can change the background color of the shooting settings screen Under the tab select Screen color then press lt gt Select the desired color then press lt f gt When you exit the menu the selected color will be displayed for the shooting settings screen 179 Setting the Flash seme The built in flash and external Speedlite settings can be set with the camera
31. Skip forward the skipping duration will correspond to the number of seconds set under Video snapshot approx 2 sec 4 sec or 8 sec 155 Taking Video ae Vo 0 8 You can nadd tos an n alkun only vides Shapshots having the s same e duration approx Da a sec 4 sec or 8 Sec each if you stop shooting a video snapshot before ihe set gt shooting duration elapses the video snapshot will be added to the preceding ae album And a new album will be created for subsequent video snapshots oe a Note that if you do any of the following while shooting video snapshots new 2 album will be created for subsequent video a snapshols i a e Changing the Movie rec size p 150 gt e Changing the Video snapshot odoi uration p 153 oo ee Changing the Sound rec setting from Auto Manuall to Disable or from Disable to Auto Manual p 160 ae nes Opening closing the card slot cover or battery compartment c cover e Interrupting the use of AC Adapter Kit ACK E8 eon elas ooo Updating the firmware 00 ne rear le You cannot change the order of the video snapshots i in an album or radd id more video snapshots to the album later oe ete You cannot take still photos while A a da a a e The shooting duration ofa video snapshot i is only approximate Desendiae on the os frame rate the shooting duration displayed during playback might not be exact Playing an Album You c
32. XX 0051 on File numbering is reset o Manual reset To reset the file numbering to 0001 manually or to start from file number 0001 in a new folder When you reset the file numbering manually a new folder is created automatically and the file numbering of images saved to that folder starts from 0001 This is convenient if you want to use different folders for the images taken yesterday and the ones taken today for example After the manual reset the file numbering returns to continuous or auto reset There will be no Manual reset confirmation screen if the file number in folder No 999 reaches 9999 shooting will not be 3 possible even if the card still has storage capacity The LCD monitor will me ve disney at Message telling you to eee mes an DTE t witha a new gt card Be Ie a a ee ae al For both JPEG and RAW i images the file name il start with IMG i Movie file names will start with MVI_ The extension will be JPG for JPEG o CEM Setting Copyright Information When you set the copyright information it will be appended to the image as Exif information 172 Select Copyright information o Under the tab select Copyright information then press lt 6 gt Select the option to be set Select Enter author s name or Enter copyright details then press lt GET gt The text entry screen will appear Select Displa
33. a function The selected function and Feature guide p 48 will appear w Press the lt lt gt key or turn the lt gt dial to change the setting Pressing lt gt will display the respective function s setting screen 149 MI Setting the Movie recording Size Under the Ee tab Movie rec size enables you to select the movie s image size x and frame rate Fe frames recorded per second The Pe frame rate switches automatically depending on the Video system setting kove Image size 1920x1080 Full High Definition Full HD recording quality 1280x720 High Definition HD recording quality 640x480 Standard definition recording quality The aspect ratio will be 4 3 Frame rate fps frames per second Te Bo For areas where the TV format is NTSC North America Japan Korea Mexico etc io is For areas where the TV format is PAL Europe Russia China Australia etc ia Mainly for motion pictures El when 1920x1080 is set as movie recording size you can use the digital Zoom For the setting procedure see page 182 150 Total Movie Recording Time and File Size Per Minute Due to limitations of the file system movie shooting will stop automatically if the file size of a single movie clip reaches 4GB To resume movie shooting press the lt g gt button A new movie file starts being recorded 640x480 mn hr 32 min 82
34. an playback a completed album in the same way as a normal movie For details see pages 212 and 217 Press the lt gt gt button Press the lt lt gt key to select an album then press lt gt Movies shot as a video snapshot will have an lt BR ag gt icon on the screen s upper left 1s Music recorded o on nthe t memory card must be used only for private aes enjoyment Do not violate the rights of the copyright holder i KE To play background music you must first copy the background m music from the EOS DIGITAL Solution Disk provided to the card For the copying procedure see the Software Instruction Manian in the hee ROM Provided Software Usable with Albums w EOS Utility By copying beenerolln music sto the on youc can n play 156 The menu options displayed under the Pe Ce and Chee tabs are explained below Cie tab Movie exposure Normaily set this to Auto Setting it to Manual enables you to manually set the ISO speed shutter speed and aperture for movie shooting p 144 w AF mode The AF modes will be the same as described on pages 131 137 You can select Live mode Live mode or Quick mode Note that continuous focusing of a moving subject is not possible o AF with shutter button during movie recording When Enable is set AF is possible during movie shooting However continuous autofocusing is
35. any setting other than Disable thei image may look bright even if a decreased exposure compensation or decreased aon Papoua compensation nas been set os Auto Exposure Bracketing This feature takes exposure compensation a step further by varying the exposure automatically up to 2 stops in 1 3 stop increments with three shots as shown below You can then choose the best exposure This is called AEB Auto Exposure Bracketing Standard exposure Darker exposure Brighter exposure Decreased exposure Increased exposure Under the OH tab salee Expo comp AEB then press lt Ge gt 2 Set the AEB amount Turn the lt 2 gt dial to set the AEB amount w Press the lt lt d gt key to set the exposure compensation amount If AEB is combined with exposure compensation AEB will be applied centering on the exposure compensation amount Press lt gt to set it When you press the lt MENU gt button to exit the menu the AEB level will be displayed on the LCD monitor Take the picture Focus and press the shutter button completely The three bracketed shots will be taken in this sequence Standard exposure decreased exposure and increased exposure 105 Auto Exposure aoaiace Vs LL aes Cz Follow steps 1 and 2 to turn off the AEB amount display The AEB setting will also be canceled automatically if the power switch is set to lt OFF
36. ard manufacturer s S Web site l Fil About Full HD 1080 Full HD 4080 indicates compatibility w with High x Definition featuring 1080 vertical pixels scanning Connecting the camera to a TV set is recommended to playback the movies shot p 218 221 Autoexposure Shooting 4 Set the Mode Dial to lt gt wn P The reflex mirror will make a sound then the image will appear on the LCD monitor Focus the subject Before shooting a movie autofocus or manual focus p 131 138 When you press the shutter button halfway the camera will focus with the current AF mode 2A Shoot the movie Press the lt g gt button to start shooting a movie To stop movie shooting press lt K gt again While the movie is being shot the mark will be displayed on the upper right of the screen Microphone 142 eS nOon Movies a During n movie e shooting do L o heat can damage the camera S internal components oer Cautions for movie shooting are on pages 163 and 164 N Tf necessary also read the Live View w shooting cautions o on 1 pages ee s 139a and 140 a a ee ee Pl The Is iso speed shutter speed and aperture a are set automatically AE lock is possible by pressing the lt gt button p Rule To cancel AE Hock during movie shoting press the lt K gt button sett the exposure ae oe oe vs LA Pressin
37. ate the Dust Delete Data by obtaining it again For details about using Digital Photo Professional provided software p 302 to erase dust spots see the Software Instruction Manual p 304 in the Software Instruction Manual CD ROM The Dust Delete Data appended to the image is so small that it hardly affects the image file size Os Bes sure 3 to use a 4 solid white object aie as a new v sheet of hie paper Hf the Paper has any pattern or design it may be recognized as dust data and 186 Manual Sensor Cleaning muses Dust which could not be removed by the automatic sensor cleaning can be removed manually with a blower etc The surface of the image sensor is extremely delicate If the sensor needs to be cleaned directly having it done by a Canon service Center is recommended Before cleaning the sensor detach the lens from the camera 1 Select Sensor cleaning o Under the tab select Sensor cleaning then press lt fr gt 2 Select Clean manually Select Clean manually then press lt SET gt Select OK Select OK then press lt f gt Mirror will go up In a moment the reflex mirror will Clean the sensor lockup and the shutter will open Clean the sensor i End the cleaning Set the power switch to lt OFF gt H K a the powers source using A AC C Adapter K Kit ACK E8 8 sold Separately is is recommended i i
38. button to raise the built in flash For wireless flash shooting be sure to raise the built in flash Z P Select Flash control Under the Qi tab select Flash control then press lt Ge gt 7 Select Evaluative w For E TTL ll meter select Evaluative then press lt G gt 191 oan Wireless Flash etal LTR ERT TT UTERO TS TELE OT TCE EET EEE EEE EE EEE EEE EEE ESSE SSS es ee ISSR SSS SSSR SSS ISS SSS SSS SSS I LOLOL A LALA LIAL ALIA LIAL IAL IAL IA LALLA LIAL INLINE IAL IAL IAL INLINE IAL IALIALIALIALIGLS eS Bs ee Sms A ik Select Built in flash func setting Select Built in flash func setting then press lt f gt 5 Select EasyWireless For Built in flash select EasyWireless then press lt G gt f Set Channel Setthe channel 1 4 to the same one as the slave unit Fi Take the picture As with normal flash shooting you can set the camera and take the picture in the same way 2 Exit the wireless flash shooting For Built in flash func setting select NormalFiring CU Clear Vash settings om still fire to control the slave unit Depending o on 1 shooting condo eS the flash fired to control the slave unit may appear in the picture 7 iat ia aie Fully automatic Shooting with Multiple External Speedlites You can have multiple slave units fire as if they were a single Speediite Convenient when y
39. ch time you press the lt gt button it locks the current autoexposure setting SBR ae K A Bebe 4 TY i LSet fe Bea Me ae een ue SRM He ie ey lt Recompose and take the picture If you want to maintain the AE lock while taking more shots hold down the lt gt button and press the shutter button to take another shot OTE TPES Bata Rad ee ASO ES le Eres ed BA 4 EW AE Lock Effects _ E AE lock is applied at the AF AE lock is applied at the point that achieved focus selected AF point SICIL AE lock is applied at the center AF point When the lens focus mode switch is set to lt MF gt AE lock is applied at the center AF point 107 Locking the Flash Exposure If the subject is on the side of the frame and you use flash the subject may turn out to be too bright or dark depending on the background etc This is when you should use FE lock After setting the proper flash exposure for the subject you can recompose put the subject toward the side and shoot This feature can also be used with a Canon EX series Speedlite FE stands for Flash Exposure Press the lt gt button gt The built in flash will rise Press the shutter button halfway and look in the viewfinder to check that the lt gt icon is lit Focus the subject fy HOSS OT ee Ie EFLATUN E U REE a Te EEY pokoa pia ae BB i HEA Press the lt gt button 16 Aim the spot metering circle over the
40. cture Style selection screen will then reappear i The base Picture Style will be indicated on the right of User Def Sanding the base Picture Style i in step 4 4 wil imi the e parameter i a SRN of the registered Picture Style A 116 WB Matching the Light Source X The function adjusting the color tone so that white objects look white in the picture is called white balance WB Normally the lt W gt Auto setting will obtain the correct white balance If natural looking colors cannot be obtained with lt M gt you can select the white balance to match the light source or set it manually by shooting a white object Press the lt A WB gt button p White balance will appear 2 Select the white balance Press the lt lt gt key or turn the lt gt dial to select the desired white balance then press lt 6 gt The Approx K K Kelvin displayed for the following white balance settings lt gt lt BA gt lt dhb gt lt gt or lt gt is the respective color temperature Custom White Balance Custom white balance enables you to manually set the white balance for a specific light source for better accuracy Do this procedure under the actual light source to be used Photograph a white object The plain white object should fill the spot metering circle Focus manually and set the standard exposure for the white object You can set any
41. e guide p 48 will appear Press the lt lt gt key or turn the lt gt dial to change the setting Pressing lt gt will display the respective function s setting screen BR a in Creative Zone modes youc can n set the iso speed byp pressing the lt IS0 gt 128 Ca The menu options below are displayed in Basic Zone modes the Live View menu options will be displayed under Ca and in Creative Zone modes they will be displayed under 1 Live View shooting You can set Live View shooting to Enable or Disable w AF mode You can select Live mode p 131 E Live mode p 132 or Quick mode p 136 Grid display With Grid 1 F or Grid 2 45 you can display grid lines It can help you level the camera vertically or horizontally Aspect ratio The image s aspect ratio can be set to 3 2 4 3 16 9 or 1 1 The following aspect ratios will be indicated with lines on the Live View image 4 3 16 9 1 1 JPEG images will be saved with the set aspect ratio RAW images will always be saved with the 3 2 aspect ratio Since the aspect ratio information is appended to the RAW image the image will be generated in the respective aspect ratio when you process the RAW image with the provided software In the case of the 4 3 16 9 and 1 1 aspect ratios the aspect ratio lines will appear during image playback but the lines are not actually drawn on the image
42. e Taio increase lt e If a setting other than Disable is set and you use exposure ae an flash exposure compensation or manual exposure to darken the exposure the i image might still come out bright If you want a Correcting the Image s Dark Corners Due to the lens characteristics the four corners of the picture might look darker This phenomenon is called lens light fall off or drop in peripheral illumination and can be corrected automatically The default setting is Enable With JPEG images the correction is done when the image is captured For RAW images it can be corrected with Digital Photo Professional provided software p 302 4 Select Peripheral illumin correct o Under the Gi tab select Peripheral illumin correct then press lt gt Select the setting On the screen check that Correction data available is displayed for the attached lens If Correction data not available is displayed see About the Lens Correction Data on the next page Select Enable then press lt Ge gt Take the picture The image will be recorded with the Correction disabled Correction enabled 110 Be oecna the emage s Dark oe About the Lens Correction Data The camera already contains lens peripheral illumination correction data for approx 25 lenses In step 2 if you select Enable the peripheral light correction will be applied automaticall
43. e correction when you turn the lt s5 gt dial the a mark on the screen will change to m m 3 points Turning the dial to the right sets the B A bracketing and turning it to the left sets the M G bracketing On the right Bracket indicates the bracketing direction and correction amount Pressing the lt INFQ gt button will cancel all the WB Shift BKT settings o Press lt gt to exit the setting and return to the menu wr Bracket Bracketing Sequence The images will be bracketed in the following sequence 1 Standard white balance 2 Blue B bias and 3 Amber A bias or 1 Standard white balance 2 Magenta M bias and 3 Green G bias sid Dang 8 bracketing the maximum burst for continuous shooting will belowarend A uthe number of possible shots will also decrease to one third the normal number Al You can n also set white balance correction and AEB p 105 together with n ene balance bracketing lf you set ABBi in combination with white balance nee Setting the Color Reproduction Range wo The range of reproducible colors is called the color space With this camera you can set the color space to sRGB or Adobe RGB for captured images For normal shooting sRGB is recommended In Basic Zone modes SRGB is set automatically q Select Color space Under the 8 tab select Color space then press lt 6 gt Set the desired col
44. ect Clean now ts Select Clean now t then press lt SET gt Select OK on the dialog screen then press lt 6 gt The screen will indicate that the sensor is being cleaned Although there will be a shutter sound a picture is not taken Al C For best results do ihes sensor r cleaning v while the camera a bottom is is oS te placed ona table or other flat surface Nao BORE Te Hag seer ee Os oat s faa Even if you peat the sensor cleaning t the result will D improve that nee ber terete er ire itt eke ee a Disabling Automatic Sensor Cleaning In step 2 select Auto cleaning t and set it to Disable The sensor cleaning will no longer be executed when you set the power switch to lt ON gt or lt OFF gt 184 3 Appending Dust Delete Data Normally the Self Cleaning Sensor Unit will eliminate most of the dust that might be visible on captured images However in case visible dust still remains you can append the Dust Delete Data to the image for erasing the dust spots later The Dust Delete Data is used by Digital Photo Professional provided software p 302 to erase the dust spots Geta solid white object paper etc Set the lens focal length to 50mm or longer Set the lens focus mode switch to lt MF gt and set the focus to infinity co If the lens has no distance scale look at the front of the lens and turn the focusing ring clockwise all the
45. ect and the aperture required to attain the necessary depth of field will be set automatically lt A DEP gt stands for Auto Depth of field This mode sets the depth of field automatically Set the Mode Dial to lt A DEP gt Focus the subject Aim the AF points over the subjects and press the shutter button halfway 4 All the subjects covered by the AF points flashing in red will be in focus ae If focus is not achieved the picture cannot be taken lt Take the picture FAQ The aperture display in the viewfinder blinks The exposure is correct but the desired depth of field cannot be obtained Either use a wide angle lens or move farther away from the subjects w The shutter speed display in the viewfinder blinks If the 30 shutter speed blinks it means that the subject is too dark Increase the ISO speed If the 4000 shutter speed blinks it means that the subject is foo bright Decrease the ISO speed 2 A slow shutter speed has been set Use a tripod to steady the camera want to use flash Flash can be used however the result will be the same as using the lt P gt mode with flash The desired depth of field will not be obtained 101 Changing the Metering Mode meee Four methods metering modes to measure the subject s brightness are provided Normally evaluative metering is recommended In Basic Zone modes evaluative metering is set automaticall
46. edie folder number followed by five alphanumeric characters A folder can contain up to 9999 i images file No 0001 9999 When a folder becomes full a new folder with a higher one up folder number i is created automatically Also ee manual reset p 171 is executed anew folder will be created automaticaly I Folders numbered from 100 to 999 can be created eee eT O Creating Folders with a Personal Computer ee Oe 5 With the card open on the screen create a new folder famed DCIM Open the DCIM folder and create as many folders as necessary to save and a organize your images The folder name must follow the A OOABC_ D format gt from A to Z numerals and an underscore ee There can nben no 6 space ir in the f folder name Also folder names cannot have the same three digit number such as 400ABC_ D and 100W XYZ even if the letters are different Handy Diesel ee ge ye ye HES eee Sas ey EM File Numbering Methods The image files will be numbered from 0001 to 9999 in the order the images are taken then saved in a folder You can change how the file number is assigned The file number will appear on your computer in this format IMG_0001 JPG Under the tab select File numbering then press lt gt The available settings are described below select one then press lt 6 gt Continuous The file numbering co
47. erture will be ge e displayed i in orange Even if you take the picture during magnified v view x vo the i image will be captured i in the normal view ge e If GQ Auto Lighting Optimizer p 109 is not set to Disable bhe z Z oo image may look bright even if a decreased exposure CAEP aan or l decreased flash exposure compensation has been set Paine ee If you use a TS E lens to shift the lens vertically or use an n Extension Tube the standard exposure might n not be obtained or an irregular exposure may result 7 Pica ae Ce lt Custom Function Cautions oo ee eee a ae ae ee During Live View shooting certain i Custom Function settings will not take Lens and Flash Cautions gt The focus preset feature on n super iclephete lenses cannot oe teed ee 2 FE lock i is not possible when the built in flash oran extemal Speedlite is is 140 Shooting Movies Set ihe Mode Dial m W gt AO shoot movies The movie recording format will be MOV Oc Cards which can 1 record movies eee When shooting movies use a large capacity sD card rated sD Speed Class 6 ciass or higher ze i If you use a slow writing card when shooting 1 movies ien movie as might not be recorded properly And if you playback a movie on a a card having a Slow reading Speed the movie might not playback a properly Bee a eae To check the card S read write ae refer to the c
48. etely the mirror locks up then the picture is taken 10 sec or 2 sec later Remote control shooting Since you do not touch the camera when the picture is taken remote control shooting together with mirror lockup can further prevent camera shake p 261 With Remote Controller RC 6 sold separately set to a 2 sec delay press the transmit button and the mirror will lockup before the picture is taken 2 sec later 0 a In very y bright light such 3 as sat the beach o ora ski Ki slope o on a a sunny day oa x take the picture pr omptly after mirror lockup ee os Do not point the camera toward the sun Thes sun s s heat o can n damage t the ae camera S internal components a ese os ve c z olf you use the self timer and mirror oekin in aan with a bulb exposure Ek keep pressing the shutter button completely self timer delay time bulb oi tes ae exposure time if you let go of the shutter button during the self timer oo z countdown t there vail 1g a SNUTT CARE T sound ou no tele sult be taken a e Even ifs lt T gt Continuous shooting has been set single shooting will take effect ea 30 seconds ee after the mirror has locked up it will go back down i Shooting with the LCD Monitor Live View Shooting You can shoot while viewing the image on the camera s LCD monitor This is called Live View shooting Live View shooting is effective for stil
49. fect as using a commercially available color temperature conversion filter or color compensating filter Each color can be corrected to one of nine levels This is for advanced users who are familiar with using color temperature conversion or color compensating fiters iite Balance Corr ciisn 1 Select WB Shift BKT o Under the 6 tab select WB Shift BKT then press lt G gt The WB correction WB bracketing screen will appear set the white balance correction Press the lt lt gt gt key to move the a mark to the desired position Bis for blue Ais amber Mis magenta and G is green The color in the respective direction will be corrected On the upper right Shift indicates the direction and correction amount Pressing the lt INFO gt button will cancel all the WB Shift BKT settings onn ig ay mbracket ET Press lt gt to exit the setting and return to the menu LEAR RESIS SCS IRONS SON ONIN OOOO NEIL IEEE IESE EEE A mE With just one shot three images having a different color balance can be recorded simultaneously Based on the color temperature of the current white balance setting the image will be bracketed with a blue amber bias or magenta green bias This is called white balance bracketing WB BKT White balance bracketing is possible up to 3 levels in single level increments Set the white balance bracketing amount In step 2 for white balanc
50. g the shutter button halfway Don the shutter ol aperture gt and ISO speed p 146 on the screen s bottom This is the s exposure setting for taking a still photo vs On the shooting information denlay p 397 it you olaybak a movie gt shot K with autoexposure the shutter speed and aperture will not be displayed The image information Exif will record ine gt Settings used at the start of 2 the movie shooting Using an EX series Speedlite Gold Separately Equipped with a LED Light EER R one ae pase er oes A This camera is compatible with the function turning on the LED light automatically in low light conditions during autoexposure shooting For details see the EX series Speedlite s instruction manual 143 3 Shooting Movies Manual Exposure Shooting You can manually set the shutter speed aperture and ISO speed for movie shooting Using manual exposure to shoot movies is for advanced users Set the Mode Dial to lt gt The reflex mirror will make a sound then the image will appear on the LCD monitor Select Movie exposure Press the lt MENU gt button and under the Cw tab select Movie exposure then press lt f gt i Select Manual Select Manual then press lt gt 125 80 3248123 L Set the shutter speed and aperture To set the shutter speed turn the lt 3 gt dial The settable shutter speeds depend
51. gt flash recycling is completed etc X Shooting Tips Using AEB with continuous shooting if lt Q gt continuous shooting p 88 has been set and you press the shutter button completely the three bracketed shots will be taken continuously in this sequence Standard exposure decreased exposure and increased exposure o Using AEB with lt C gt single shooting Press the shutter button three times to take the three bracketed shots The three bracketed shots will be exposed in the following sequence Standard exposure decreased exposure and increased exposure o Using AEB with the self timer or remote control sold separately With the self timer or remote control lt 7 gt or lt 2 gt you can take three continuous shots after a 10 sec or 2 sec delay With lt c gt p 89 set the number of continuous shots will be three times the number set You can lock the exposure when the area of focus is to be different from the exposure metering area or when you want to take multiple shots at the same exposure setting Press the lt gt button to lock the exposure then recompose and take the shot This is called AE lock It is effective for backlit subjects Focus the subject Press the shutter button halfway The exposure setting will be displayed 2 Press the lt gt button 64 7 The lt gt icon lights in the viewfinder to indicate that the exposure setting is locked AE lock e Ea
52. hooting the movie will record a still moment lasting approx 1 sec The captured still photo will be recorded to the card and the movie shooting will resume automatically when the Live View image is displayed The movie and still photo will be recorded as separate files on the card Functions particular to still shooting are shown below Other functions will be the same as for movie shooting As setin G Quality When the movie recording size is 1920x1080 or 1280x720 the aspect ratio will be 16 9 When the size is 640x480 the aspect ratio will be 4 3 Autoexposure shooting Shutter speed and aperture automatically set displayed when image recording quality Exposure setting pressing the shutter button halfway e Manual exposure shooting Shutter speed and aperture manually set Single shooting Self timer not possible Flash oo frenon 148 Quick Control While the image is displayed on the LCD monitor you can press the lt Q gt button to set the AF mode white balance Picture Style Auto Lighting Optimizer image recording quality for still photos movie recording size movie digital zoom and video snapshots Press the lt Q gt button 610 The functions settable with Quick Control will appear on the left of the screen w Ifthe AF mode is lt AMi gt the AF point will also be displayed gt Select a function and set it Press the lt AV gt key to select
53. imer is fixed at 16 sec il ir you select ta Dust Delete Data Sensor cleaning Clear settings or Firmware Ver the Live View shooting will terminate Changing the Autofocus Mode Selecting the AF Mode The AF modes available are Live mode Live mode face detection p 132 and Quick mode p 136 if you want to achieve precise focus set the lens focus mode switch to lt MF gt magnify the image and focus manually p 138 Select the AF mode o Under the 6 tab select AF mode amp tab in Basic Zone modes Select the desired AF mode then press lt f gt While the Live View image is displayed you can press the lt Q gt button to select the AF mode on the Quick Control screen p 128 Live Mode AED The image sensor is used to focus Although AF is possible with the Live View image displayed the AF operation will take longer than with the Quick mode Also achieving focus may be more difficult than with the Quick mode Press the lt gt button The Live View image will appear on the LCD monitor The AF point lt gt will appear 2 Move the AF point Press the lt lt gt gt key to move the AF point to where you want to focus it cannot go to the edges of the picture To return the AF point to the center press the lt gt or lt p gt button x AF point 131 Changing the Autofocus Mode spear
54. l subjects which do not move if you handhold the camera and shoot while viewing the LCD monitor camera shake can cause blurred images Using a tripod is recommended i About Remote Live View Shooting stalled in your oe With EOS Utility provided software p 302 in one computer you can connect the camera to the computer and shoot remotely while viewing the computer screen For details see the E Shooting with the LCD Monitor 1 Display the Live View image Press the lt 8 gt button gt The Live View image will appear on the LCD monitor w The Live View image will closely reflect the brightness level of the actual image you capture Focus the subject When you press the shutter button halfway the camera will focus with the current AF mode p 131 137 Take the picture Press the shutter button completely The picture will be taken and the captured image is displayed on the LCD monitor gt After the image review ends the camera will return to Live View shooting automatically Press the lt 8 gt button to exit Live View shooting Fil e The tr image S field of view is approx 99 when t the i gt image s recording quality is set to JPEG AL er ae oe The metering n mode will ne fixed to evaluative e metering f for Live 2 View i oo Saran E E yeas a hh Rene ae ee oo be applied to subsequent s eho oo E Using lt A DEP gt will be the same
55. l turn orange if a face cannot be detected the AF point lt gt will be displayed and AF will be executed at the center Take the picture Check the focus and exposure then press the shutter button completely to take the picture p 124 O eit the focus is is way i off face Detection will nee be possible tf the fens a enables manual focusing even while the lens focus mode switch i is set i Ai lt AF gt turn the focusing ring to attain rough focus The face will then be a detected and lt gt will be displayed a An object other than a human face might be detected asa a face aa Face detection will not work if the face is very small or large i in the Pee a P foo keine or too gt dark titled peels or t diagonally or e parialy hidden Bee St ae e 133 pallens he Sai ee Live Mode and t Face Detection Live Mode Notes AF operation Focusing will take slightly longer Even when focus has been achieved pressing the shutter button halfway will focus again The image brightness may change during and after the AF operation If the light source changes while the Live View image is displayed the screen might flicker and focusing may be difficult If this happens stop the Live View shooting and autofocus under the actual light source first Ifyou press the lt gt button in the Live mode the image will be magnified at the AF point If foc
56. lave units in multiple groups Divide the slave units into groups A and B and change the flash ratio to obtain the desired lighting effect Refer to your Speedlite s instruction manual to set one slave unit s slave ID to A Group A and the other slave unit s ID to B Group B and position them as shown in the illustration Select Wireless func Follow step 2 on page 194 to select 7 then press lt f gt suse Set Firing group to A B Set the desired flash ratio and take the picture Select A B fire ratio and set the flash ratio if Firing group is set to A B group Cwil not fire 00 o FD the 8x1 to 1 1 to 1 8 fash ratio is equivalent o St to 1 1 0 1 3 stops 172 ousem a Flash ue The built in flash can also be added to wireless flash shooting explained on pages 195 196 The basic settings are shown below By changing the Firing group setting you can shoot with various wireless flash setups of multiple Speedlites complemented with the built in flash 4 Basic settings C Flashmode E TTLII E TTL ii meter Evaluative Wireless func 79 3a Channel Same as Slave units K Select Firing group Select the firing group then set the flash ratio flash exposure compensation and other necessary settings before shooting IRE All and 23 197 TTR ED Other Settings sce Flash Exposure Compensation Whe
57. n Flash mode is set to E TTL Il flash exposure compensation can be set The flash exposure compensation settings see below which can be set will differ depending on the Wireless func and Firing group settings Balti Hash Flash exp comp The flash exposure compensation is applied to the built in flash and all external Speedlites exp comp The flash exposure compensation is applied to the built in flash a exp comp The flash exposure compensation is applied to all external Speedlites A B exp comp The flash exposure compensation is applied to both groups A and B FE Lock lf Flash mode is set to E TTL Il you can press the lt gt button to perform FE lock 198 LORE Oo Oo MSU OOO IL AORN ODS ERTIES DSO MEISEL SOLS AE Other Settings a nis Setting the Flash Output Manually for Wireless Flash When Flash mode is set to Manual flash the flash output can be set manually The flash output settings 4 flash output Group A output etc that can be set will differ depending on the Wireless func setting see below Wireless func o Firing group 4 All The manual flash output setting will be applied to all the external Speedilites Firing group 4 AiB You can set HE Clear flash settings the flash output separately for slave groups A and B Wireless func 79 32 o Firing group All and The flash output can be set separa
58. n be selected and set For FEB Flash exposure bracketing and Zoom refer to the Speedlite s instruction manual 181 2o the Flash w Shutter sync Normally set this to 1st curtain so that the flash fires immediately after the exposure starts lf 2nd curtain is set the flash will fire right before the exposure ends When this is combined with a slow sync speed you can create a trail of light such as from car headlights at night With 2nd curtain sync a preflash is fired when you press the shutter button completely This is to determine the exposure Then immediately before the exposure ends the real flash is fired Therefore two flashes will be fired However with shutter speeds faster than 1 30 sec 1st curtain sync will automatically take effect if an external Speedlite is attached you can also set Hi speed 4 For details see the Speediite s instruction manual Wireless flash see Wireless Flash Photography on page 189 Flash exposure compensation See BA Flash Exposure Compensation on page 104 Flash mode You can select the flash mode to suit your desired flash shooting E TTL Il is the standard mode of EX series Speedlites for automatic flash shooting Manual flash is for advanced users who want to set the Flash output 1 1 to 1 128 themselves Regarding other flash modes refer to your Speediite s instruction manual C28 Clear Hash settings
59. ntinues in sequence even after you replace the card or create a folder Even after you replace the card or create a new folder the file numbering continues in sequence up to 9999 This is convenient when you want to save images numbered anywhere between 0001 to 9999 in multiple cards or folders into one folder in your personal computer If the replacement card or existing folder already contains images recorded previously the file numbering of the new images might continue from the file numbering of the existing images in the card or folder If you want to use continuous file numbering you should use a newly formatted card each time File numbering after File numbering after replacing the ran creating a folder Card 2 oa Next sequential file number 170 ay Tibi Auto reset The file numbering is reset to 0001 whenever you replace the card or create a folder Whenever the card is replaced or a new folder created the file numbering starts from 0001 This is convenient if you want to organize images according to cards or folders If the replacement card or existing folder already contains images recorded previously the file numbering of the new images might continue from the file numbering of the existing images in the card or folder If you want to save images with the file numbering starting from 0001 use a newly formatted card each time File numbering after File numbering after replacing the card creating a folder X
60. on the frame rate age gt lt Av gt lt 2 gt lt I gt e Igb liso 1 4000 sec 1 60 sec e Bo Ibs T 1 4000 sec 1 30 sec To set the aperture hold down the lt Avi4 gt button and turn the lt gt dial Set the ISO speed Press the lt ISO gt button and press the lt lt gt key or turn the lt s gt dial to select the ISO speed e AUTO setting ISO 100 6400 e Manual ISO setting ISO 100 6400 ada Movies Pe pune T SES ss LEIS EES Ee ee SOS 6 Focus and shoot the movie The procedure is the same as steps 2 and 3 for Autoexposure Shooting p 142 AE lock and exposure e compensation cannot be sat Sees A aay ie GN Changing the shutter speed or aperture during movie shooting is 5 not recommended since the changes i in the exposure will be recorded Ifyou use a lens whose maximum aperture changes while you zoom you should not zoom 1 while aa a movie e Changes ft in the exposure a may be recorded z EE E a flicker Fl winis iso Auto the standard r movie exposure will I usualy be obtained oo even if the light level changes E ee a age When shooting amovie of a moving a a e a of 4 30 s sec to 1 125 sec is recommended The faster the ahutier apesd tha less smooth the subject s movement will look a a chee eee es helene Chet vagiien tote aig hey oe now one 38
61. or space Select SRGB or Adobe RGB then press lt G gt About Adobe RGB This color space is mainly used for commercial printing and other industrial uses This setting is not recommended if you do not know about image processing Adobe RGB and Design rule for Camera File System 2 0 Exif 2 21 The image will look very subdued in a SRGB personal computer environment and with printers not compatible with Design rule for Camera File System 2 0 Exif 2 21 Post processing of the image with software will therefore be required as lf thei image is s captured with the color space set to Adobe RGB the file name will start with MG frst character i is an underscore ree 121 Mirror Lock up to Reduce Camera Shake The camera s mechanical shake caused by the reflex mirror action can blur images taken with a super telephoto lens or close up macro lens In such cases mirror lockup is effective Mirror lockup is enabled by setting 8 Mirror lockup to 1 Enable in the Custom Functions C Fn p 255 eh Focus the subject then press the shutter button completely gt The mirror will swing up Press the shutter button completely again The picture is taken and the mirror goes back down After taking the picture set 8 Mirror lockup to 0 Disable Xk Shooting Tips Using the self timer lt V gt lt 2 gt with mirror lockup When you press the shutter button compl
62. ou need a large flash output Basic settings Flash mode E TTLIl E TTL Il meter Evaluative Built in flash EasyWireless Channel Same as slave units Gee ear Tash sett Ail the slave units will fire at the same output and be controlled to obtain a standard exposure No matter what the slave ID is A B or C all the slave units will fire as one group iR 39 if the flash exposure looks too dark or too bright you can set flash exposure cOmpensaon to adjust the slave units flash output Select Flash exposure compensation then press lt f gt If the flash exposure is too dark press the lt gt key to increase the flash exposure and make it brighter If the flash exposure is too bright press the lt gt key to decrease the flash exposure and make it darker 193 mar eet seein a The 8 4 to 4 1 flash ratio i is s equivalent to 3 to a stops 2 stop This describes fully automatic wireless flash shooting with one external Speedlite and the built in flash You can change the flash ratio between the external Speedlite and built in flash to adjust how the shadows look on the subject On the menu screens the lt 79 gt and lt gt icons refer to the external Speedlite and the lt amp gt and lt gt icons refer to the built in flash Select CustWireless Follow step 5 on page 192 to select CustWireless then press lt Ge gt Select Wireless func
63. ppens you wil not be able to shoot again eae the camera S internal nparature decreases Tumi off Hie power ana let a 0 e Movies shooting ata high a fora pralon period will o cause the lt I gt and lt i gt icons sto apoa sooner When not shooting turn off ff the c camera seas ng DE ie he oe Mi a eee Ee Recording and inane Quality ke f the attached lens has an tases Stabilizer the a Stabilizer will i operate at all times even if you do not press the shutter button halfway l The Image Stabilizer will thereby consume battery power and may shorten the total movie shooting time or decrease the number of possible shots If you use a tripod or ifthe Image Stabilizer i is not necessary you should set the IS switch to lt OFF gt cc dst es SCE tual A Ca ey The camera s builtin microphone will also ico camera operation s a noise Using a commercially available extemal pies can n prevent or reduce these noises from being recorded ees ee l Do not connect anything other than an extemal microphone t to the oe bs camera S external microphone IN terminal ree ec R aa oe ei movie e shooting i is not possible due to insufficient remaining capacity of 163 Or Movie Shooting Cautions re Recording and Image Quality i STOOL ds te If you use a card having a Siew wate speed a hye level lt lt indicator might appear i on
64. range and blink 4 Take the picture Check the focus and exposure then press the shutter button completely to take the picture p 124 F You cannot take a picture during a utofocusing Take the picture while the gt Live View image is displayed an vs enue a a aE Sa a ACN aa a A EN ee q Set the lens focus mode switch to lt MF gt Turn the lens focusing ring to focus roughly Move the magnifying frame e Press the lt lt gt gt key to move the magnifying frame to the position where you want to focus To return the magnifying frame to the center press the lt gt or lt gt button Magnify the image Press the lt Q gt button The area within the magnifying frame will be magnified Each time you press the lt gt button the view will change as follows gt 5x 10x Normal view 7 Focus manually While looking at the magnified image turn the lens focusing ring to focus After achieving focus press the lt A gt Magnified area positon button to return to the normal view H H 3 4 1 Magnification 5 Take the picture Check the focus and exposure then press the shutter button to take the picture p 124 138 White lt lt B gt a and Red lt I Internal Temperature Warning Icons oe elf the camera S internal temperature i increases due to prolonged Live a If you continue shooting while this ic icon i
65. rding level will be adjusted automatically Auto level control will operate automatically in response to the sound level For advanced users You can adjust the sound recording level to one of 64 levels Select Rec level and look at the level meter while pressing the lt lt gt gt key to adjust the sound recording level While looking at the peak hold indicator approx 3 sec adjust so that the level meter sometimes lights up the 12 12 dB mark on the right for the loudest sounds If it exceeds 0 the sound will be distorted Sound will not be recorded Menu Function Settings Y Wind filter When Enable is set outdoor wind noise entering the microphone will be reduced Note that some low ione noise might also be reduced When shooting in places where there is no wind set this to Disable for a more natural sound recorcng HE 2 The sound volume balance between L eft and R igh c cannot be Se adjusted ean a os fens 48 kHz samping frequency v wilt be 16 bit t recordings f for both L and Metering timer You can change how long the exposure setting is displayed AE lock time Grid display With Grid 1 F or Grid 2 you can display grid lines It can help you level the camera vertically or horizontally Video snapshot For video snapshots you can set the shooting duration for a single video snapshot to approx 2 sec 4 sec or 8 sec For details see page 1
66. s EEE AE AEE EAE ELEC A EEL ELEC A A A A EC ELEC ELEC A EEE ELEC ELEC EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EERE EE IRIS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SS SS SS SS SS SS eS ea oa ey Focus the subject w Aim the AF point over the subject and press the shutter button halfway When focus is achieved the AF point will turn green and the beeper will sound i f focus is not achieved the AF point will turn orange Take the picture Check the focus and exposure then press the shutter button completely to take the picture p 124 t Face detection Live Mode FE With the same AF method as the Live mode human faces are detected and focused Have the target person face the camera 1 Display the Live View image Press the lt gt button The Live View image will appear on the LCD monitor When a face is detected the lt gt frame will appear over the face to be focused lf multiple faces are detected lt lt gt gt will be displayed Press the lt d gt gt key to move the lt 4 gt gt frame over the desired target face 132 Changing the Autofocus Mode PSR EI ORONO UC USUI CLALIT ALAA LAAT ACSA ALLA LALLA AG ALAA ELAR ALAA LAL E Focus the subject Press the shutter button halfway and the camera will focus the face covered by the lt gt frame When focus is achieved the AF point will turn green and the beeper will sound i f focus is not achieved the AF point wil
67. s oe the i image k quality of still photos may deteriorate You should stop the Live View shooting i and allow the camera to cool down before shooting again a lf the camera S internal temperature further i increases while the white lt lt f gt icon is displayed a red lt i gt icon will start blinking This inking ioe icon isa warning that the Live View shooting will soon be terminated P automatically If this happens you will not be able to shoot again until the camera s internal ember CareaSeS Turn off the power and let the ae camera rest fora while ae a ee eee A re eo Shooting with the Live View function at a igk jeraperature foc a vere _ lt prolonged period will cause the lt i gt and lt gt i icons to ra earlier e oe When not shooting turn off the eamera a oo ee Live View Image Cautions reece wanes os kd Under low or bright light conditions the Live View i image might not 5 reflect the brightness of the captured i image gt ee ee So Tf the light source within the image changes the s screen might ieke if COST this happens stop the Live View shooting and r resume e erecting under the actual light source to be used a a pee If you point the camera in a different direction it might ow off the Live os View j image s correct brightness momentarily Wait until the brightness oS Mevel stabilizes before shooting SUN rao lng eS ma ge te
68. s used 135 OA E T ERER RRR AAA S D RETEA E EA AEAEE AEAEE EAEEREN SIO SAO SLE SAL AEAEE AEAEE Quick Mode NME The dedicated AF sensor is used to focus in One Shot AF mode p 83 using the same AF method as with viewfinder shooting Although you can focus the target area quickly the Live View image will be interrupted momentarily during the AF operation AF point 1 Display the Live View image Press the lt g gt button i The Live View image will appear on the LCD monitor The small boxes on the screen are the AF points and the larger box is the magnifying frame Magnifying frame Select the AF point Press the lt Q gt button 610 to display the Quick Control screen The settable functions will be displayed on the left of the screen Press the lt AV gt key to make the AF point selectable Turn the lt gt dial to select the AF point 136 Changing the Autofocus Mode FOE SSSA ESSEC ESLER ESSAI GSE LOS LESLIE ELLA TELARC LAA ELLER LLL Dia a a TE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE Focus the subject Aim the AF point over the subject and press the shutter button halfway i The Live View image will turn off the reflex mirror will go back down and AF will be executed When focus is achieved the AF point which achieved focus will turn green and the Live View image will reappear If focus is not achieved the AF point will turn o
69. set the image will not be displayed immediately after image capture If Hold is set the image review will be displayed up until the Auto power off time During image review if you operate any camera controls such as pressing the shutter button halfway the image review will end Under the 6 tab select Image review then press lt gt Select the desired setting then press lt 6G gt 166 Handy Features 12 Setting the Auto Power off Time To save battery power the camera turns off automatically after the set time of idle operation elapses You can set this auto power off time When the camera has turned off due to auto power off you can wake it up by pressing the shutter button halfway or pressing any of the following buttons lt MENU gt lt DISP gt lt gt gt lt gt etc lf Off has been set either turn off the camera yourself or press the lt DISP gt button to turn off the LCD monitor to save battery power Even if Off has been set and the camera is not used for 30 min the LCD monitor will turn off automatically To turn on the LCD monitor again press the lt DISP gt button Under the tab select Auto power off then press lt gt Select the desired setting then press lt G gt 0AM Adjusting the LCD Monitor Brightness You can adjust the brightness of the LCD monitor to make it easier to read Under the tab select LCD brightness then press lt gt
70. speed 4 Using the Built in Flash To obtain a correct flash exposure the flash output will be set automatically autoflash exposure to match the automatically set aperture The flash sync speed can be set from 1 200 sec to 30 sec 95 Av Changing the Depth of Field sos To blur the background or to make everything near and far look sharp set the Mode Dial to lt Av gt Aperture priority AE to adjust the depth of field range of acceptable focus lt Av gt stands for Aperture value which is the size of the diaphragm hole inside the fens Blurred background Sharp foreground and background With a low aperture f number f 5 6 With a high aperture f number f 32 1 Set the Mode Dial to lt v gt Set the desired aperture The higher the f number the wider the depth of field where sharper focus is obtained in both the foreground and ee e Turning the lt gt dial to the right will set a higher aeS smaller aperture opening and turning it to the left will set a lower f number larger aperture opening Take the picture Focus and press the shutter button completely The picture will be taken with the selected aperture Big pe in R Se ieee f fi pees ISOA me EA N Crann the D of d sie lt Shooting Tips When using an aperture with a high f number note that camera shake can occur in low light scenes A higher aperture f number will make the shutter speed
71. t button and turn the lt gt dial to the right Increased exposure Making it darker Hold down the lt avd gt button and turn the lt gt dial to the left Decreased exposure As shown in the figure the exposure level is displayed on the LCD monitor and in the viewfinder After taking the picture cancel the exposure compensation by setting it back to 0 increased ae for a iii oe mR to only 42 en Af the exposure compensation amount exceeds 42 os as the end of the exposure level indicator will Ta e or lt gt Setting Sahi onenean Set flash exposure compensation if the flash exposure of the subject does not come out as desired You can set the flash exposure compensation up to 2 stops in 1 3 stop increments Press the lt Q gt button 610 The Quick Control screen will appear p 41 Select 4 Press the lt lt gt gt key to select 4 Flash exposure comp will be displayed at the bottom Set the flash exposure compensation amount To make the flash exposure brighter turn the lt 74 gt dial to the right To make it darker turn the lt 25 gt dial to the left Decreased exposure ONE SHOT a a y When you press the shutter button halfway the lt gt icon will appear in the viewfinder After taking the picture cancel the flash exposure compensation by aera it back to 0 2 if or Auto Lighting Optimizer p 109 i is set to
72. t album is created and the movie clip is saved as the first video 2 t Save as a new album Step 5 snapshot The new album will be a different file from the previously recorded album Playback video snapshot The video snapshot just recorded will be played Steps 4 and 5 For playback operations see the table below fe Do not save to album Step 4 If you want to delete the video snapshot you te Delete without saving to just recorded and not save it to the album album Step 5 select OK Mitt dsa veeo kaleka daca TRetums to ihe previous screen P Pla By pressing lt gt you can play or pause the just y recorded video snapshot Kd First frame Displays the first scene of the album s first video snapshot Side backward Each time you press lt gt the video snapshot skips back K p by a few seconds Each time you press lt gt a single previous frame is ll Previous frame displayed If you hold down lt gt it will rewind the movie Each time you press lt gt the movie will play frame by lb Next frame frame If you hold down lt GED gt it will fast forward the movie Skip forward Each time you press lt gt the video snapshot skips Pl p forward by a few seconds aa Last frame Displays the last scene of the album s last video snapshot TEE Playback E You can adjust built in coe p 210 sound volume mill Volume by turning the lt 2 gt dial With Skip backward
73. tely for the external Speedlite s and built in flash o Firing group A B 3 amp 3 You can set the flash output separately for slave groups A and B You can also set the flash output for the built in flash 199 a a a o o Le pes BG EES ye o e PEAR aS LC oO y Ms 2 s MI une a i i aain ie i if A mans a cn eee eS De oh ee Canon CANON INC 30 2 Shimomaruko 3 chome Onta ku Tokyo 146 8501 Japan U S A mma TE ANON USA INC One Canon Plaza Lake Success NY 11042 1198 U S A For all inquires concerning this product call toll free in the U S 1 800 OK CANON CANADA CANON CANADA INC HEADQUARTERS 6390 Dixie Road Mississauga Ontario LST 1P7 Canada CANON CANADA INC MONTREAL BRANCH 5990 C te de Liesse Montr al Qu bec H4T 1V7 Canada CANON CANADA INC CALGARY OFFICE 2828 16th Street N E Calgary Alberta T2E 7K7 Canada For all inquiries concerning this product call toll free in Canada 800 OK CANON EUROPE 1ean CANON EUROPA N V AFRICA amp Bovenkerkerweg 59 61 1185 XB Amstelveen The Netherlands MIDDLE EAST CANON FRANCE S A S 17 Quai du Pr sident Paul Doumer 92414 Courbevoie Cedex France CANON UK LTD Woodhatch Reigate Surrey RH2 8BF United Kingdom CANON DEUTSCHLAND GmbH Europark Fichtenhain A10 47807 Krefeld Germany CANON ITALIA S p A Via Milano 8 20097 San Donato Milanese Mi Italy CANON Schweiz
74. the right of the screen during eee shooting Itindicates how much data has not yet been written to the card remaining capacity of the internal buffer memory The slower the card the faster the indicator will z Hoh climb upward Tf the no cator becomes 1 full movie shooting gt SS will stop automatically i ie ioe ye ae tie olf the card has a fast writing aa the maiar yali either oe zinoti appear or the tevel if displayed will hardly go upward Se gt First shoot a few test movies to see if the card can write fast Peron elt you take stil photos during movie shooting the movie shooting on ck stop Setting a low image Tecordiig quality for Su images might resolve oo this problem o AA E Mat Playback and TV connection pela Aig ON i Ea cngc Sn E ee If the brightness changes dane autoexposure r movie Sehachng that par ee might look momentarily still when you Playback the movie In such cases Sy shoot movies with manual exposure If you connect the camera to a TV set witha an HDMI cable ra 218 a ad shoot a movie in f 920x1 080 or 4 280x720 the movie being shot will a be displayed at a small size on the TV However the actual n movie will be Eg properly recorded at the movie recording size that was set ae a Ifyou connect the camera toa Ty set p 218 221 and shoots a movie o uthe TV will not output any sound during the
75. uction manual and sei it as follows The settings other than the below for the slave unit s control are all set with the camera Different types of Canon Speedlite slave units can be used and controlled together 1 Set the Speedlite as a slave unit 2 Set the Speedlite s transmission channel to the same one as the camera s 3 If you want to set the flash ratio p 196 set the slave unit ID 4 Position the camera and slave unit s within the range shown below 5 Face the slave units wireless sensor toward the camera 2 Wireless flash set up example ae Ges 40m Indoors Approx 5m Approx 7m 16 4 ft 23 0ft 1 Ifthe Speedlite does not have a transmission channel setting function the camera can work with any channel 2 In small rooms the slave unit may work even if its wireless sensor does not face the camera The camera s wireless signals can bounce off the walls and be received by the slave unit With EX series Speedlite having a fixed flash head and wireless sensor make sure it fires then take the picture 190 Easy Wireless Flash Shooting somam An easy basic and fully automatic wireless flash shooting is explained below Fully Automatic Shooting with One External Speedlite Steps 1 to 4 and 6 apply to all wireless flash shooting Therefore these steps are omitted in the other wireless flash setups explained on the pages hereafter Press the lt 4 gt
76. using is difficult in the magnified view return to the normal view and autofocus Note that the AF speed may differ between the normal and magnified views If you autofocus in the Live mode s normal view and then magnify the image the focus might be off Inthe W Live mode pressing the lt Q gt button will not magnify the image als In the Live mode ore u face detection Live mode if you shoot a peripheral subject and itis slightly out of focus aim the center AF point an a over the subject to focus then take the picture Shooting conditions which can make focusing difficult Low contrast subjects such as the blue sky and solid color flat surfaces Subjects in low light Stripes and other patterns where there is contrast only in the horizontal direction Under a light source whose brightness color or pattern keeps changing Night scenes or points of light Under fluorescent lighting or when the image flickers Extremely small subjects Subjects at the edge of the picture Subjects strongly reflecting light The AF point covers both a near and faraway subject such as an animal in a cage Subjects which keep moving within the AF point and cannot keep still due to camera shake or subject blur A subject approaching or moving away from the camera Autofocusing while the subject is way out of focus Soft focus effect is applied with a soft focus lens A special effects filter i
77. w Select one then press lt gt LBA MLR OSA on o The vertical image is automatically rotated during playback e on both the camera s LCD monitor and on the computer o On The vertical image is automatically rotated only on the computer 2 Off The vertical image is not automatically rotated FAQ The vertical image is not rotated during the image review immediately after it is captured Press the lt L gt button and the image playback will display the rotated image o Ont is set but the image does not rotate during playback Auto rotate will not work with vertical images captured while Auto rotate was set to Off If the vertical image is taken while the camera is pointed up or down the image might not be rotated automatically for playback In such a case see Rotating the Image on page 205 On the camera s LCD monitor i want to rotate an image captured when On had been set Set On my then playback the image It will be rotated w The vertical image does not rotate on the computer screen The software used is not compatible with image rotation Use the software provided with the camera instead 174 oe INFO Checking Camera Settings While the shooting settings p 47 are displayed press the lt INFO gt button to display the camera s major function settings Card remaining capacity ee Color space p 121 gt WB correction
78. y 1 Select Metering mode Under the G8 tab select Metering mode then press lt 6 gt 7 Set the metering mode Select the desired metering mode then press lt 6 gt Evaluative metering This is an all around metering mode suited for portraits and even backlit subjects The camera sets the exposure automatically to suit the scene Partial metering Effective when the background is much brighter than the subject due to backlighting etc The gray area in the left figure is where the brightness is metered to obtain the standard exposure C Spot metering This is for metering a specific part of the subject or scene The gray area in the left figure is where the brightness is metered to obtain the standard exposure This metering mode is for advanced users C Center weighted average metering The brightness is metered at the center and then averaged for the entire scene This metering mode is for advanced users Fil v With 5 the exposure setting Will be locked when you press the shutter oath halfway and focus is achieved With E Cel and Cd the exposure 102 Set exposure compensation if the exposure without flash does not come out as desired This feature can be used in Creative Zone modes except lt M gt You can set the exposure compensation up fo 5 stops in 1 3 stop increments Making it brighter Hold down the lt avd g
79. y Each time you press the lt INFQ gt button the information display will change AF mode pom AF point Quick mode AMES Live mode e AFL Face detection Live mode AME Quick mode Shooting mode Magnifying frame Histogram Drive mode White balance Auto Lighting Optimizer Eye Fi card _ transmission status mE EB Image recording AEB quality L Exposure Built in flash simulation function AE lock Pad Battery check Flash ready Highlight tone Flash off EEE priority Flash exposure z ISO speed compensation EE External flash exposure Possible shots compensation a tomo F Xposure level indicator Shutter speed AEB range Picture Style E Aperture Fl e When lt a gt i is displayed i in white it indicates that the Live View i image cE i a brightness i is close to what the captured image will look jike or R eil if lt a gt is blinking it indicates that the Live View i image is not t being un S Weweter ihe actual i image recorded will reflect the exposure setting a S Jf flash is used or bulb is set the lt H gt icon and histogram will be Ea Shooting with the LCD Monitor RSE IES E ES ES ES SSIES ES LES SEES ESE EEE ESTE CC Final Image Simulation The final image simulation reflects the effects of the Picture Style white balance etc in the Live View image so
80. y as desired While referring to the exposure level indicator in the viewfinder you can set the exposure as desired This method is called manual exposure lt M gt stands for Manual 4 Set the Mode Dial to lt M gt 2 g 2 Set the shutter speed and aperture To set the shutter speed turn the lt 23 gt dial To set the aperture hold down the lt Avi4 gt button and turn the lt 27 gt dial Focus the subject Press the shutter button halfway The exposure setting will be Exposure level mark displayed in the viewfinder The exposure level mark lt f gt indicates how far the current exposure level is from the standard exposure level Set the exposure and take the picture Setthe shutter speed and aperture as desired w Ifthe exposure set exceeds 2 stops from the standard exposure the end of the exposure level indicator will display lt q gt or lt gt in the viewfinder On the LCD monitor if the exposure level exceeds 3 stops the lt gt icon will blink at where lt 3 gt or lt 3 gt is displayed lt Avi gt lt gt P Standard exposure index g AWT E 42an Vtal ISO Li ie EME TEG arog if e Auto Lighting Optimizer p 109 is set to any setting other than Disable the image may still look bright even if a darker exposure has been set M oka salu SINUS AISLES SALAS ELEC SSELCASS EL LASERS LESSEE ASSETS LLL LL
81. y copyright info to check the copyright information currently set Select Delete copyright information to delete the copyright information currently set Enter text Refer to Text Entry Procedure on the next page and enter the copyright information Enter up to 63 alphanumeric characters and symbols Exit the setting After entering the text press the lt MENU gt button to exit e Changing the entry area Press the lt Q gt button to toggle between the top and bottom entry areas o Moving the cursor Press the lt lt gt key to move the cursor Entering text In the bottom area press the lt lt gt gt key or turn the lt gt dial to select a character then press lt gt to enter it Deleting a character Press the lt 1 gt button to delete one character Exiting After entering the text press the lt MENU gt button to finalize the text entry and return to the screen in step 2 o Canceling the text entry To cancel the text entry press the lt INFO gt button and the screen in siep 2 will reappear Handy peace CEM Auto Rotation of Vertical Images Vertical images are rotated automatically so they are displayed vertically on the camera s LCD monitor and on the personal computer instead of horizontally The setting of this feature can be changed Under the tab select Auto rotate then press lt gt The available settings are described belo
82. y for any lens whose correction data has been registered in the camera With EOS Utility provided software p 302 you can check which lenses have their correction data registered in the camera You can also register the correction data for unregistered lenses For details see the Software Instruction Manual CD ROM for EOS Utility p 304 Q o For JPEG i images s already captured lens s peripheral illumination roe ok _ correction cannot be applied ee ee eee o Depending o on n nopia conditions noise e might appear on n the image oo periphery Ce eA eee l B el using lt a non Canon lens setting t the correction to o Disable is eee SS ee ee oa Ifthe correction data for the attached lens has not been regelen to the camera the result will be thes same as when the correction i is sol to a Disable ee ee ae ee a tb The correction amount applied ai be slightly ower than ther maximum a correction amount erable with nPigital E Photo Professional bowie oo soltwale o aa Se ee ee ae eal the lens does not have distance information the correction amount will es 3a Customizing Image Characteristics ox You can customize a Picture Style by adjusting individual parameters like Sharpness and Contrast To see the resulting effects take test shots To customize Monochrome see page 114 4 Press the lt V 3 lt gt button os 2 Select a Picture Style Select a Picture St
83. yle then press the lt INFO gt button The Detail set screen will appear Select a parameter Select a parameter such as Sharpness then press lt G gt Set the parameter Press the lt gt key to adjust the parameter as desired then press lt SET gt Press the lt MENU gt button to save the adjusted parameters The Picture Style selection screen will reappear Any parameter settings different from the default will be displayed in blue 112 Parameter Settings and Effects Sharpness Adjusts the sharpness of the image To make it less sharp set it toward the end The closer it is to E the softer the image will look To make it sharper set it toward the kd end The closer itis to kd the sharper the image will look Contrast Adjusts the image contrast and the vividness of colors To decrease the contrast set it toward the minus end The closer itis to k the blander the image will look To increase the contrast set it toward the plus end The closer itis to ka the crisper the image will look g Saturation The image s color saturation can be adjusted To decrease the color saturation set it toward the minus end The closer itis to k the more diluted the colors will look To increase the color saturation set it toward the plus end The closer itis to E the bolder the colors will look Color tone The skin tones can be adjusted To make the skin tone redder
84. you can see what the captured image will look like During shooting the Live View image will automatically reflect the function settings listed below Final image simulation during Live View shooting Picture Style All parameters such as sharpness contrast color saturation and color tone will be reflected White balance White balance correction Shoot by ambience selection Shoot by lighting or scene type Exposure Depth of field With depth of field preview button ON Auto Lighting Optimizer Peripheral illumination correction Highlight tone priority Aspect ratio Image area confirmation 127 Shooting Function Settings mezer Function settings particular to Live View shooting are explained here Quick Control While the image is displayed on the LCD monitor in Creative Zone modes pressing the lt Q gt button will enable you to set the AF mode drive mode white balance Picture Style Auto Lighting Optimizer image recording quality and built in flash settings In Basic Zone modes you can set the AF mode and the settings shown in the table on page 64 4 Press the lt Q gt button i The functions settable with Quick Control will appear on the left of the screen w Ifthe AF mode is lt A gt the AF points will also be displayed You can also select the AF point ei Select a function and set it Press the lt AV gt key to select a function The selected function and Featur

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